À E > y reti ZA: No, 801. BROMELIA EXUDANS. Class. Order. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. A native of the West Indies, growing upon trees, and has been introduced a few ears since. It has some relation to Bromelia bracteata, but is evidently different from the figure to which that species is “referred in Houstoun’s reliquiz. The leaves are two feet long, and four inches broad at the base, lessening to two, the not longer than the leaves, naked about two-thirds of its length, where the flowers begin; they form a branching raceme; under each fascicle is a large red bracte. The flowers are sessile, and emit from their calyces a sort of secretion, which looks like soft wax, but if touched, instantly melts into water of a bitterish unpleasant taste. It requires the stove, and increases very sparingly by suckers after flowering: it should be potted in — earth. VOL. x. The bases of the leaves in this and other species are large and cupped: the concave part contains water, which serves to support the plant, and sometimes affords a relief to travellers, who have only to cut through the leaves, and it is instantly discharged to the quantity of one or two pints from a single plant. EN. ER E Hypoxis stellata. Godau del t No. 802, HYPOXIS STELLATA. Class. = Order. ; HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. A native of the Cape of Good Hope, in- troduced some years since: we have lately imported it again, and from the circum- stance of our bulbs not arriving till June, they did not flower till September: the most usual season for them is the spring. The centre of the flower is of very rich colours, beautifully blended: it opens when the sun shines, but closes towards evening, each fluwer continuing to do thus for several ys. It must be kept in the greenhouse, potted in small pots of sandy peat earth, and will increase by offsets : after flowering, the leaves decay, the root remaining for a time dormant, at which season it should be kept dry, but while growing requires a good supply of water. N 803 GC. se No. 808. SARRACENIA VARIOLARIS. Class, Order. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This is a native of Carolina, and was introduced in 1803. The leaves are nearly a foot in length, the greater part of which forms a tube, which at the mouth is half covered by a kind of hood: the tube tapers to the bottom of the leaf, and contains more or less water: the larger part of it is very prettily spotted. The flower is as curious as the leaf; it comes out in the beginning of the summer. The plant must be potted in sandy peat, and preserved in the stove : it requires much moistnre, growing naturally in swamps. VE? No. 804. ERICA RETORTA. a Order. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This beautiful kind bas long been known, but from a diffienhy in propagating it, has never been very plentiful in this country. Its foliage is singułarły elegant, nor are the flowers iess pleasing: they appear in August and September, łasting a very long while. Being coated with a sort of gluten, they are sure to entangle and destroy what- ever insect alights upon them. It pur de increased by cuttings sparingly. In size, it is dwarf; it must be potted in sandy peat earth, and preserved in an airy greenhouse. Gloddiges det Stenoct ibus maeulatus. “é No. 805. STENOCHILUS MACULATUS.- Class, Order, DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. A beautiful little plant, a native of New Holland: the branches are few, erect, and rigid. The flowers were produced in August and September. It must be pre- served in an airy — and potted y considerable difficulty, sid it is therefore at nt scarce In viewing AES a charming flower, should we not think of its Creator? “ Is it not pleasant, even to name tbe Lord? to meses His attributes? to remember His g and wondrous works? to m Him = rideth on the heavens, who dwelleth in the light that cannot be approached, who is clothed with majesty and glory, and in- finitely surpasseth the sun in its brightness ? He hath his throne in the heavens, and the Him : yet He delighteth in the humble soul, and h respect unto the contrite, yea, dwells with those who tremble at His word!” VOL. IX. o- Loddige delt Gomeza temni flora No. 806. GOMEZA TENUIFLORA. Class. Order, GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. We received this curious plant in July last, from His Excellency Sir Ralph Wood- ford at Trinidad. It has a small bulb, with or two leaves, from the axils of which the flower-stems are produced: they are nd bear numerous flowers, of a most delicate form. After the blossoms have such an one our figure was taken. This plant is not singular in this property, as several others of the same class do the same. We have considered it as coming nearer to this genus than any other: it has how- ever, a relation to Cranichis of Swartz. It is a parasitical plant growing on trees, and may be cultivated in this country in the way recommended for Epidendrums &e.; by keeping it in the stove, planted in a pot with some pieces of wood and vegetable earth: it may now and then, also, be increased by dividing the roots. GLoddiaes delt — a —— — 3 x ilum catesbcei. No. 807. LILIUM CATESBJEI. Class. Order. HEXANDRIA | MONOGYNIA. This is a native of North America; ac- cording to Michaux, from Pennsylvania to Carolina, growing in moist grounds. It is are in n rr va it Nee yet to , being > seldom sent over. It flowered with us in August: the stem was little more than a foot high; the are scarcely an inch long, at their insertion, where they more than half embrace the slender stem, tapering to a point, and usually in an erect posture. . It is increased with difficulty : the root being small and not safely admitting of division, the soil should be sandy peat; and as it is not hardy, it should be kept in a frame in winter. Cuphea multiflora . No. 808. CUPHEA MULTIFLORA. Class. Order. DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. A native of Trinidad: we were favoured with a plant of it last summer by His Excellency Sir Ralph Woodford. It is a small shrub, with many slender twigs, from the apper parts of which the flowers come out in great abundance in the months of Pancratium pediale «f Far the nam * size G Loddioes d Balaca ¢ No. 809. PANCRATIUM PEDIALE, + Class, Order. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This elegant plant, we believe, is a native of Brazil. We received it some time since from our friend Mr. Shepherd, of Liverpool, who introduced it and flowered it first. It ` has received its name from the circumstance of each flower being full a foot in length. The leaves of our plant were about two feet and a half long, and the flower stem nearly the same height. It was in bloom in the month of August. Like most of the genus it is very fragrant. It requires the stove, and increases itself sometimes by offsets, as also by seeds, which will perfect them. selves here. The soil should be sandy peat and loam, * Our figure is reduced to one-fi a rth th size o — enr the size of VOL. 1X. D i Aronitum paniculatum. No. 810. ACONITUM PANICULATUM. "Clases Order. POLYANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Native of Switzerland: we received it two or three years since, from our friend Mr. Schleicher, of Bex. It grows about two feet high, and flowers in August. Like the rest of this numerous genus, it is peren- nial, hardy, and very shewy. It may be increased by separating the tubers of the root, and will flourish in any good loam or garden mould, either in a pot or in the full ground. T Regs del? Stapelia orbicularis. No, 811. STAPELIA ORBICULARIS. Class. Order. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. We received this curious vegetable in the year 1799, from the Cape of Good Hope : it is found in a wild state, growing in the . arid deserts to the north of that colony. With us ít is of dwarfish size, with numer- ous branches, flowering in the autumnal months: the blossoms are beautifully marked, but very fætid. VOL. IX. E Nº 012. autumnale . No. 812. LEUCOJUM AUTUMNALE. Class. Order. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Native of Portugal, Spain, and the Barbary shores: we received a parcel of them some years since from our excellent friend Dr. Thompson, at Gibraltar, and they have continued to flower more or Jess every “the harvest is past, the summer is ended." Oh may no voice ever have to apply to us the remaining part of the verse, * and we are not saved :” rather may each revolving season bring clearer and brighter evidences of an interest in that “ inheritance which is incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.” Chelone obliqua No. 813. CHELONE OBLIQUA. Class. Order. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. This is a hardy herbaceous plant, a native of North America: it was introduced in 1752, and flowers freely in the latter part of the summer, growing from one to two feet high. It loves moisture, being found, by Pursb's account, in rivulets on the high by roots in the spring, and should be planted in rich loam, thriving better in the full ground than in a pot. ia grandiflora Magno h the si Reduced ta w 3 ^ * E No. #14. MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA *. Clase, Order. POLFANDRIA POLYOYNIA. This magnificent plant grows extensively in the warmer parts of North America. The variety here given is what is usually called the Exmouth, which ele rela ata regia: ear. - 4 q di raphy ge reve fetuatal Ik is not eafficiently hardy to bear our colder without and there- Re near Philadelphia a ata > U- e pom —— Georgia in 1773, was delighted with the beauty of these trees, which he met: with i in immense numbers, and which he calls the glorious Magnolias. Their usual height, he informs us, is one hundred feet, and some greatly exceed that; the trunk perfectly erect, rising like a column, and supporting a head like an obtuse cone, the dark green foliage silvered over with milk white flowers, which perfume the whole atmosphere, and are so large as t to be distinctly visible at the distance of a mile or more. Genliana saponaria Nu. 815. GENTIANA SAPONARIA. Class, Order, PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. A native of North America, growing in low meadows and woods from Canada to Carolina. With us it is quite hardy, herba- in light loam with a little peat, and may bg by seeds, in favourable VOL: 1X. F AS G16. Erica irbyana. : Zeddiges del? E € No. 816. ERICA IRBYANA, Clase. Order. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This is from the Cape of Good Hope: it was introduced in 1810. In growth itis a moderate-sized shrub, with many slender branches, at the ends of which the flowers are produced, two or three together: they are Jong and delicate in their form, and like : It should at no time have too great a supply of water, and especial care should be taken to drain the roots well, by a quantity of broken pot. It may be increased by cuttings, but with difficulty. Rudbeckia triloba EC pe” | No. 817. RUDBECKIA TRILOBA. Cha Order. SYNOENESIA FRUSTRANEA. ..... Native of „„ Carolina: seeds to maturity in England, by which it is readily multiplied. oe The oil should be light loam, and it may be kept either in a pot or in the fall ground. Eulophia guineensis, No. 818, EULOPHIA GUINEENSIS. Cass, Order. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. This is a native of West Africa: we re- 2 a parcel of them in the autumn of , Which were procured by our kind ineo ae i Baa of Loss, near Sierra Leone. After remain- pe free gp + the vinter, they shot It requires to be bigs éousmadig la the stove, and should be potted in vegetable earth with a mixture of sand, in slight pro- portion. It will occasionally increase by - offsets from the bulb. Nº 079. Gheddiges dul: i 6.0.50: 4 No. 819. TALINUM TERETIFOLIUM, Clase. Order. POLYANDRIA MONOGY N14. Native of the warmer parts of North America. Elliott, in his excellent botany of S. Carolina and Georgia, mentions its grow- ing on rocks at Athens, in the latter state, also in Virginia, Delaware, Louisiana. We received our plants from Dr. Wray in 1823; then quite new to us, although the plant has been long known to exist, from a faithful representation of it in Plukenet, Tab. 223. It grows about six inches high, and its flower stalks are nearly as long: with us it ore in September : it seems likely 1 ka VOL. IX D add OL tr. È x i met ees Stachytarpheta jamaicensis HERE, No. 820. STACHYTARPHETA JAMAICENSIS. Class. Order. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This is a native of the West Indies: it flowers in the latter part of summer, and requires the stove. It is partly shrubby, but not very long lived, on which account it should be often renewed by cuttings, which readily take root: the soil should be light loam. Coreopsis lanceolata No, 821. COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA. Class. Order. SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA. This is a native of Virginia and Carolina, growing in mountainous situations. It is at present a rare plant in this country, al- though it was known to Dillenius, who has figured it with his usual excellence in Hortns Elthamensis, tab. 48, f. It is herbaceous, hardy, and very orna- mental, flowering in succession from June till frosts begin, generally attaining the height of three or four feet, and di Spy widely with its numerous branches It flourishes in any good garden m and may be increased by separating the roots in the spring. VOL. 1% H N? 822. Erica cernua. Ed Fest No. 822. ERICA CERNUA. Class. Order. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. A native of the Cape of Good Hope, in- troduced in 1795 by Mr. Richard Williams, of Turnham Green, who at that period possessed a numerous and splendid collec- tion of heaths, which he cultivated most successfully Its pos ERR SE: varies, but is of humble growth, having few branches. It requires treatment similar to the other kinds of Erica, nds, protection from frost in a greenhouse to which a large por- tion of fresh air can be admitted. The soil must be sandy peat: it may be multiplied with facility by cuttings. N 423: Acacia hispidula. No. 828, ACACIA HISPIDULA, ` Order. POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. This is a native of New South Wales; it was introduced in 1794. It is a low bushy shrub, with rough stiff leaves, and flowers in the autumn, being one of the least showy of this extensive family. Itis not quite so hardy as are most of the New Holland species, and should therefore be kept in a warm part of the greenhouse. It should be potted in sandy peat earth, and can only be increased, as far as we know, by seeds, which are not often sent over, on which account it is likely to remain a scarce plant. JV EM. E 8 Elvddiges dei, No. 824, OXALIS CUPRZA, Class, Order. DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. We received this, in the summer of 1823, from the Cape of Good Hope, and, in con- sequence of its late arrival, it did not flower till October and November. It belongs to Willdenow’s fifth section of this extensive genus, the leaves being in threes, and the peduncle one-flowered : it has a stalk, the lower part of which is naked, but it agrees not with any of his species. The leaves are cordate, shorter than the peduncle, which has two small linear bractes, about an inch below the flower. The outer edges of the segments are of a deeper colour, which gives the bud a very pleasing appearance. Several flowers are produced in succession from a single bulb, lasting a good while, but re- quiring sunshine and warmth to open them. It may be kept in the greenhouse, and ed in sandy peat and loam : it increases itself by offsets from the root. No. 825. CALOTIS CUNEIFOLIA. Class, Order. SYNGENESIA NECESSARIA. This is a native of the interior of New Holland, and was introduced in 1819. It is a neat little plant, flowering in the latter part of the summer and autumn, and con- tinuing long in beauty. It requires the greenhouse protection, and may be gated without much difficulty by cuttings : the soil should be loam and peat. . VOL. IX, 1 e € No. 826. CUNONIA CAPENSIS. Class. Order. DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. A native of the Cape of Good Hope, lately introduced. It was named after J. C. Cuno, of Amsterdam, who published a description of his own garden in 1750, in Dutch verse. The plant, which flowered with us in the autumn of 1823, was about two feet in height ; it is shrubby, and the blossoms are fragraut. Burmann’s Afric. fig. 96, is usu- má paginas spa his f. 95 must be it also, but in a different state of growth. The Cz oblong pointed leaflet on the summit of the branch, which is called by Linnaeus a gland, is a pair of large stipules, closely pressed together, and glued to each other by a kind of white cement. These inclose the young leaves, and fall off when they are developed, leav- ing a permanent scar. The spikes may be called axillary rather than terminal, as the branch keeps on its growth, and by the time the seeds are ripened there are perhaps one or two more pairs of leaves above them. Justicia ore es Kidijo M a ist. No. 827. JUSTICIA ORCHIOIDES. Class, Order. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This is a low growing shrubby plant, a native of the Cape, and was introduced in 1774. It requires the greenhouse, and may be increased by cuttings: the soil should be light loam. It flowered with us in October and November. The blossoms are curious, formed, it should seem, to excite admiration and praise of their Almighty Maker. “Is any thing so pleasant as the praises of the Lord? How sweet is it to see and praise Him as the Creator in the various wonderful creatures which He hath made! how pleasant to observe His works of providence, to them that read them by the light of the sanctuary, and in faith and patience learn the interpretation from Him who only can interpret them.” e Sag E Stapelia anguinea 4 CJ. si BEE T A No, 828. STAPELIA ANGUINEA Pisa NOEL DIG ro A native of the arid country to the North of the Cape of Good Hope: we received it in 1799 from Mr. Scholl, by whom it was discovered. It received the above name from our worthy friend the Rev. Sackville Bale, of Withyham, Sussex, who some years ago possessed the finest collection art that has yet been seen in the coun- try, of this very curious genus, which he alin. mismos ln antımn * it grows freely, and is increased by i enttings ; they should be planted in light loam, with a portion of old morter, and in winter ought to be kept in a warm green- dry house, and moderately dry. Archania pilosa. Saile, del No. 829. ACHANIA PILOSA. Class. Order. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Native of the West Indies: we raised it afew years since from seeds: it flowered in the month of October, and is a very pretty little plant. It must constantly be rese in the stove, and like the other à; Del ce ee e e e VOL. 1X. K No. 830. ASTER ACULEATUS. Class. Order. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. This is a native of Van Diemen’s Island : it is a free growing plant, and under proper culture not devoid of beauty, flowering with us in the autumnal months. Labillardiere’s name of aculeatus is scarcely appropriate, the aculeæ on the surface of the leaf, whence há has derivat during the winter season, and may be in- creased by cuttings : the soil should be light loam. Stapelia radiata No. 831. STAPELIA RADIATA. Class. Order. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. This is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced in 1799: it is a very dwarf growing species, flowering readily, at different seasons ; but more par- ticularly in the autumn. It increases with- in ia webs dry greenhouse, and potted in light loam. VOL. 1X. ; L Nº 4832. E Loddigos det? Cotyledon cc PAS No, 882. COTYLEDON COCCINEUM. Class» Order. DECANDRIA PENTAG YNIA. The native place of this elegant species, seems not to be accurately known; it is probably the Cape. By the account of it in Mr. Haworth’s supplement, it was re- ceived at the Chelsea garden in 1816, from Mr. Otto, of Berlin. It requires the green- house, with the usual treatment given to the hardier kinds of succulent plants, and a very small allowance of water during the winter season. It flowered with us in October. cuttings it readily increases, and should be potted in light sandy loam. N° 833. » R is + E hoddioes del? No. $33. CHRYSOCOMA COMAUREA, Class. SYNGENESIA ÆQUALIS. A native of the Cape of Good Hope. It has been long introduced, but has never been much cultivated, and is therefore not often seen. There is a figure of it in It flowers in the autumn and winter, and looks cheerful in the greenhouse, which is needed for its protection. It is easily pro- pagated by cuttings, and should be potted in light loamy soil. Faneratium fragrans as drama de % ie vee of natura) oddtace det? No. 834. PANCRATIUM FRAGRANS*. Class, Order. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This elegant species is a native of the red account they are likely to continue scarce. * Reduced to one-fourth of the natural size. N 434. Erica exsurgens . Gloddiges del? No. 835. ERICA EXSURGENS. Ciass, Order, OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This fine species flowers from the latter part of the summer through the autumn, till the middle, and sometimes almost the end of winter. It requires the airy green- - house, as recommended for the other kinds, and may be increased by cuttings. It must be potted in sandy peat earth. We received seeds of it, together with many other choice kinds, in the year 1792: they were collected by the late worthy George Scholl, in South Africa. At that period, the number of respectable private collections in this country was considerable, and upon the increase, but later years have seen the decline of some of them, and the total extinction of the greaterpart. We still cherish the hope, however, that a taste for this family, which on many accounts we consider the most beautiful among all plants, will be revived, and we learn, with the greatest pleasure, that His Grace the Duke of Bedford has VOL. IX. M been forming a truly magnificent collection of Heaths at Woburn Abbey, where they flourish in the highest luxuriance, under the judicious management of Mr. Sinclair. We hope that such a noble example will at once explode the vulgar error, that nobody can keep a Heath, which has been circulated with much industry by many who never had any to keep, as well as by ignorant gardeners, who use it as a cloak for their own incapacity and negligence. næ por Y. 000 Hibiseus pedunculatus No. 836. HIBISCUS PEDUNCULATUS. Class. Order. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. This is said to be a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced a few years since. It is an ornamental plant, flowering in the latter part of the summer, and thriv- ing in a warm greenhouse, or a cooler part of the stove, in which we have very well. It may be increased by en or seeds, which sometimes ripen in this country. The soil should be loam and peat, and the pots need not be large, as it is of lowish growth. 3 - Mysporum parviflorum. >? "n Ly di) c = " 3 w m , be p 1 À 72 ^t ? > CN s y TAA A 4 W F L È f z No. 837. MYOPORUM PARVIFOLIUM. Class. Order. DIDYNAMIA . ANGIOSPERMIA. A native of New Holland: it was intro- duced about the year 1803, and flowers very freely during the autumnal months: the blossoms are lively and scented. It requires the greenhouse, and is easily increased by * the soil should be loam and rat Neottia speciosa Gloddiges dert Z No. 838. NEOTTIA SPECIOSA. Class, Order, GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. This is from the West Indies; it conse- quently requires to be kept at all times in the stove. It produces its flowers with us during the winter season: they are of a fine rich colour, and very durable. It may be increased, though slowly, by offsets from the root, and should be potted in vegetable earth, with a mixture of sand. To view such an object, as well indeed as every thing around us, always with a reference to the great and glorious Creator, is a happiness indeed; nor shall we at the close of life have ever reason to say, “ The Author of our being did not deserve all this from us. Less diligence, less fidelity, less zeal than this, might have beenan equivalent for the blood which was shed for our re- demption. A part of our hearts, a part of our time, a part of our labours, might have sufficed for Him, who hath given us all our powers, for Him who hath delivered us from that destruction, which would have made them our everlasting torment, for Him who is raising us to the regions of à blissful immortality.” OLeddiaee dat : Phyfianthus fraxin ifol ius No. 839. PHYLLANTHUS FRAXINIFOLIUS. Class. Order. MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. A native of India, and lately introduced into this country: it flowered with us in the months of November and December, and appears to be quite a new species. 1 grows three or four feet high: the flowers are produced in little bunches, from axils of the leaves on the lower part of the branches ; they are without scent. It requires the stove, and may be increased by cuttings: the soil should be loam and peat. VOL. IX. N No. 840, RHEXIA VIRGINICA. Class. Order. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Native of North America, growing from New York to Carolina, generally on the edges of ponds and in wet woods and ogs. It is a beautiful herbaceous plant, having a tuberous root, from whence rises a quad- rangular winged stem, which is usually under a foot in height, producing several flowers: they are in season here in August and September. It is hardy, and cong be planted in sandy peat earth, either pots or out. A du c e separating the tubers in the spring. Adiantum. reniforme 6. Leddiges del! GAS No. 841. ADIANTUM RENIFORME. Class. Order. CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES. This elegant little Fern is a native of Madeira and Teneriffe, also of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius. It is said to have been cultivated in this country in 1699. There is a neat figure of it by Plukenet, tab. 287. It flourishes best with us in the stove, and may be increased, although sparingly, by separating the roots. The soil should be sandy peat, with a little calcareous mixture, as the plant is found growing on rocks. VOL. 1X. 0 No. 842. ERICA BOWIEANA. Classe Order. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This delicate and beautiful species, has been lately sent to this country, and we un- derstand has been named after a Mr. Bowie, who returned not long since from the Cape, where he had been several years, making collections for the Kew garden. In its flowers it bears much resemblance to the the autumnal months. It may be increased by cuttings, and should be potted in sandy peat, and preserved in an airy part of the greenhouse. NI 048. Erica arbuscula. ; «beddings det? No. 843. ERICA ARBUSCULA. Class. Order. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. A native of the Cape of Good Hope: it was introduced about the year 1810, and flowers through the greater part of the year, particularly autumn and winter, in which dreary season it adorns the greenhouse with its pleasing blossoms. It requires a good share of air, and should be potted in sandy peat earth: it may be propagated moder- ately well by cuttings. Litiges dere * articulata i ; i o FE sé . No. 844. THUJA ARTICULATA. Class. Order, MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. A native of the mountains of Barbary, where, according to Desfontaine's Fl. Atlan- tica, it grows to a small tree in rich soil, but in arid land is merely a dwarf shrub. It produces the Gum Sandarack. With us itis elegant in growth and ap- pearance, and requires the greenhouse pro- tection. It may be increased by seeds, or by inarch- ing upon any of the other species of Thuja. The season of its flowering is January and February, at which time the seeds of the E od Garcinia mangostana GARCINIA MANGOS Class. Order. DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ä ＋*̃ The Mangostan is celebrated for being one of the most delicious and salubrious “fruits yet known. It is of the form of the being i a rind, and divid- led lied exquisitely rind is astringent and eaten ety either in health It is a native of the Molucca iniae: rm Sumatra, Malacca, &c. but will not succeed in the cooler parts of India. In giving the representation of this most interesting subject we have deviated from our rule of drawing from the living plant alone. This figure is taken from a Malay drawing of undoubted accuracy, in our pos- session. The plant itself is not at present in a living state in Europe. It has been n of Sir Charles Raymond, at Valen- tine house, Ilford: it flourished there for a time, but was as afterwards lost. We have been for a long time endeavour- ing to obtain this desirable plant from its native country : the difficulty of bringing it alive from such a distance, is surely great, yet much might be done if those who have the opportunity would take a little trouble : the pleasure and honour they would derive from introducing such a valuable object would be an ample reward. To have a chance of success it would be necessary to procure plants of two or three feet high, which have grown in pots or boxes at least six months before shipping. They must be kept in an airy place in the vessel, and sprinkled occasionally with fresh water : they ought also to arrive here in the e the cold will kill them. ie dde Epidendrum diffusion. No. 846. EPIDENDRUM DIFFUSUM. Class, Order, GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. A native of Jamaica, growing on the trunks and branches of trees in the woods : we received ít about two years since: it produced its flowers in the months of December and January. Our specimen was but a small one, as we have had dried vegetable earth, together with some pieces of wood, to which the roots love to fasten themselves, NEITT a er E o TE, all eee en da! Amarvllis aurea. A pita No, 847. AMARYLLIS AUREA. Class. HEXANDRIA Mo Berrin This is from China: it was introduced by Dr. Fothergill in 1777, and flowers at various seasons, most usually toward the end of the winter. The flower stem is near two feet high, and the leaves above a foot long, narrow and somewhat glaucous. It requires the stove, and may be increased by offsets, which are produced from the bulbs : the soil should be sandy peat and loam. This splendid family has been a good deal tortured of late; some botanists have - been endeavouring to dissect it into fifteen or twenty parts, each to be called a genus. From this we are not aware that science would derive any great advantage, unless indeed the raising of “ much learned dust” be deemed such, of which we cannot help entertaining doubts. Cultivators have amused themselves in hybridizing, as they call it, or mixing the flowers of different species, which causes their seeds to produce multiplied races of mules, so that in time the numbers of these will perhaps vie with those of a Haarlem florist’s catalogue of hyacinths or tulips. E Leddiger deft bę IM ke v TEE, AV a, ets. vs 4 Phvlic a buxifolia No. 848. PHYLICA BUXIFOLIA. Class. Order. PENTANDRIA | MONOGYNIA. A native of the Cape of Good Hope : it was eultivated in 1759, and is of low bushy growth, forming an ornamental greenhouse hrub. It usually blossoms during the winter season. The flowers are cheerful, but not shewy. It is somewhat difficult to increase except by layers, which will root in the course of two years. The soil in which it seems to thrive best is peat and loam. There is a very good representation of this plant in Burmann’s Aftic. Nº 649 : Phvlica rosmarinifoha. Eloddiges del? No, 849. PHYLICA ROSMARINIFOLIA. Class. Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. It is probable that this plant is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, although accord- ing to the voluminous edition of Linnaeus, by Roemer and Schultes, the place of its origin is not correctly known. It flowers plentifully during the winter season, when it makes a pretty we not a splendid appearance. It requires greenhouse protection, and may be zwei by seeds, which are sometimes produced here, or more slowly by layers; but cuttings do not strike root: the soil shoułd be sandy peat. vor. 185) Q N 650. Knowltonia rigida. Cloddiges dait a.C ść No, 850. KNOWLTONIA RIGIDA. Class, Order. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. This is a native of the Cape of Good Hope: it has been long known in this country, but as it can rarely be propagated excepting by seeds, which do not perfect themselves here, it has generally been deemed a scarce plant. It is herbaceous, growing about a foot high, and should be potted in loam. It must be preserved in the greenhouse, of which although not a splendid, it is surely an acceptable ornament during the winter season. Every flower in those gloomy months is pleasing and delightful to the mind, more especially if it helps to arouse us to grateful thoughts towards that glorious Being . z ee = — brem ars all tbings else away. By His direction, the fair orbs — In perfect order through the e ether And all that’s a all that’s pure Udo, Immediately fro bright Essence flow.” ina herbacea. Erythri 6.6.86 Gloddiges del? No, 851. ERYTHRINA HERBACEA. Class. Order. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. A native of South Carolina: it was cultivated in the Eltham garden, and figured by Dillenius in 1732, from a plant which he informs us had flowered several succeeding years during the month of May, and was raised from seeds which were brought from the Missisippi. It has a very thick fleshy root, which throws up several stems : these grow some- times to two or three feet in height, and die off every year. The flower shoots commonly proceed immediately from the root without any leaves: they come out in the spring months, and are very splendid. It requires the stove, and may be increased by cuttings or by seeds, which are some- times sent to this country. The soil should be loam and peat. VOL. IX. R o * WR Staavia glutinosa. N * E “a & &Leddiaes da? No. 852. STAAVIA GLUTINOSA. Class, Order, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, grow- ing in abundance, according to Thunberg, on the Table mountain, where it attains the height of three feet. The flowers are clammy, whence its name: they come forth in winter and spring, and the plant is not inelegant. It may be propagated by cut- tings or seeds, which must be obtai from its native country, as it does not produce them here. It must be pre- served in an airy greenhouse, and care should be taken to have the pot well drained, and also to water it moderately, especially in hot weather, it being then very apt to die, if over watered. Es EDT Melastoma vill No, 853. MELASTOMA VILLOSA. de, Order. DECANDRIA MONOGFNIA. We believe this to be a native of South America. It is a fine species, having large handsome leaves, and flowering in the winter freely. The blossoms are usually four together, which open in succession, and terminate the branch. Every part of the plant is clothed with short soft hairs ; even the edges of the petals are beset with them. It way be increased by cuttings, which strike readily, and should be potted in loam and peat. It requires the protection of the stove. dd 6 Loddiacs del" Asplenium zamiæfolium. No, 854. ASPLENIUM ZAMLEFOLIUM. Re Class. Order. CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES. This is a native of Caraccas, growing in shady woods: it is a dwarf species: the foliage is strong, and beautifully formed. ith us it requires the stove heat, and _grows very well in a small pot in sandy peat earth, with potsherds round the roots, to which they fasten themselves. It seems to be difficult to increase, as our plant has not yet afforded us any means of multiplying it. Nº 835. € Loddiges del" Erica rupestris. No. 855. ERICA RUPESTRIS. iiie. T Order. OCTANDRIA MO NOGFNIA. This elegant little species is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, where it is found growing on rocks, and adorning them with its neat and pleasing blossoms. With us it is of very low growth, rarely exceeding three or four inches. The flowers come forth in the autumn, and are very lasting. It requires the usual protection from frost, and a plentiful supply of fresh air. It may be increased by cuttings, and must be potted in sandy peat earth. | VOL. IX. s Hedychium elatum. eb No. 856. HEDYCHIUM ELATUM. Class, Order. MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This is a native of Napal, and was intro- duced into this country about the year 1818, from the Calcutta garden. It is magnificent in its size and growth, our specimen being upwards of twelve feet in height: it flowered in the month of anuary. It requires the protection of the stove, . and may be increased by separating the roots. The soil should be rich loam, with a plentiful supply of water. Grevillea cinerea. s Loddtoar delt No. 857. GREVILLEA CINEREA. Class. Order. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This is a dwarf bushy shrub, and flowered with us in the month of March. It requires the greenhouse, and may be increased by cuttings, which should be potted in sandy peat earth. ; It was discovered by Mr. Brown growing on the rocky banks of rivers, on the eastern side of New Holland : he first described it in his learned paper on the Proteaceæ, in the < Linnæan Society, in which thirty-eight species are enumerated. Notwithstanding this paper was read so long ago as 1809, not more than six kinds have yet been brought into cultivation, an evident proof of the want of zeal, and the little pains which have been taken to introduce such interesting and beautiful objects, although no country ever possessed half the advan- that England does for this desirable purpose. A846. a Grevillea linearis alba. Else No. 858. GREVILLEA LINEARIS alba. Class. Order. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Native of New South Wales: it was one of the earliest introductions from that plant for the greenhouse. Its flowers are produced in succession throughout the greater part of the year. It sometimes bears ripe seed with us, and may also be increased by cuttings. The soil should be sandy peat. Viburnum rugosum E Leddiges det No. 859. VIBURNUM RUGOSUM. Classe Order, PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Thís ís a native of the Canary Islands, and is said to have been introduced into the Kew garden in 1778, by Mr. Masson. From that collection it was probably given to some of the continental gardens, where having been increased, we were enabled to procure it from Paris in 1815. It is not very tender, thriving in any common greenhouse, which it will adorn white 8 cuttings, and oii be potted in loam, VOL. IX. 5 à Shai. = Diosma capitata. No. 860. DIOSMA CAPITATA. Class. Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Thisis a pretty little greenhouse plant, which produces its lively flowers in the early spring: the leaves have a powerful smell, which is not unpleasant, at least to some. It may beincreased by cuttings, and should be potted in a mixture of peat and loam. It is a native of the southern parts of Africa, a country the most prolific perhaps in plants of any in the world. Though so interesting to an admirer of the works of Creation, it is but too true that this great continent throughout has till lately pre- sented little to the Christian mind at which it could rejoice. There are indications now of the approach of better times even there, as well as throughout the rest of the world. Christian teachers are diffusing the light of the sacred scripture, which has never yet shone any where in vain; for, to use the words of an eloquent writer, It is mani- fest, from the whole strain and language of the revelation, that it is intended for our happiness. Its name is the Gospel, that is, good news. It sets forth redemption, that is, deliverance from slavery ; salvation, that is, keeping from the power of evil; forgiveness, comfort, and consolation. It stimulates to glory and renown, to victory and triumph, and an immortal crown.” Piper maculosum GLoddioes delt No, 861. PIPER MACULOSUM. Class. Order. DIANDRIA TRIGFNIA. This, which is one of the finest species of this numerous family, is a native of the West Indies. The leaves are of a firm and solid texture, and of a rich glossy green on the surface. The plant seldom exceeds a foot in height. The flowers are produced in the spring. It may be propagated occasionally by separating the roots. It thrives very well in soil composed of loam and peat, and it is necessary to preserve it constantly in the stove. "VOL. Di u calyculata No, 862. ANDROMEDA CALYCULATA nana, pp Order. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This neat little variety is a native of North America : itis evergreen, and seldom grows above half a foot from the ground. It flowers with us ia the month of March, being one of the earliest shrubby plants that we are acquainted with. It is quite hardy, and may be increased by layers, thriving best planted in a mixture of peat earth and loam in a border. Care should be taken to place such dwarf plants in situations where they may be seen to ad- vantage. It is thus even in matters of far greater importance, and such as are con- nected with our highest interests, for (to use the words of an excellent writer,) “ Much of the credit and comfort of Christianity is lost in consequence of its professors fixing their aims too low, and not conceiving of their high and holy calling in so elevated and sublime a view as the nature of religion would require, and the word of God would direct.” Epacris rosea. À much ctt by i is used by them in their marriage ceremonies and rejoicings, as well as at the funerals of young persons. With us it requires the continued heat of the stove, of which it is a lively ornament. It may be increased by cuttings, and thrives very well in rich loam, with a portion of peat soil. Soldanella montana. No. 871. ; SOLDANELLA MONTANA. Class. Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This is a native of Bohemia, and has been lately introduced into this country. It is larger in all its parts than the alpina: the leaves are much notched at the edges, and the corolla very deeply incised: the stem, which is about three inches in height, has usually three or four flowers. Roemer and Schultes seem correct in referring the S. Alpina major of Clusius, Hist. 1. 308, to this plant; by his description it grows in Austria and Styria, on mountains the tops of which are clad in perpetual snow. With us it is quite hardy, and best pre- served in a small pot in light loam. It may be sparingly increased by separating the roots. It flowers in the month of April. VOL, IX. z Soldanella Clusii. 6 La Loddigez dott No. 872. SOLDANELLA CLUSII. Class. Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. We received this beautiful little plant in 1821, from the botanical garden at Schwetz- ingen. It is a native of the mountains of Bohemia. The leaves are very small, and the flower-stem not above an inch in height, supporting a single blossom: the corolla is ventricose, and its incisions are not deep. The Soldanella alpina minor of Clusius, Hist. 1. 309, can scarcely be this plant; the leaves resemble, but the stems are three flowered in his figure, and the corollas deeply jagged, in both which circumstances it differs entirely from ours. It seems to be quite hardy, and may be kept in a pot in light loam, admitting of occasional increase by partition of the roots; this should be performed in spring after flowering, which usually takes place in ril. Loddiges del. Marica northiana. No. 878. MARICA NORTHIANA. kd Class. Order. TRLANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Native of Brazil, whence it was brought to Lisbon, and afterwards to England about 1789. It is a fragrant and beautiful flower, of short duration truly, lasting but a part of a day, but the spathes produce a succes- sion of several flowers from each. It must be kept in the stove, and increases itself by offsets, which should be potted in loam and peat. This elegant plant was named in honour of the late Bishop of Winchester’s ar: Mrs. North, who was a most liberal encou rager of botany, and- possessed a d collection of rare plants, which were culti- vated in a magnificent style at Farnham. We have learned, with deep regret, that these noble objects have been dispersed or destroyed, and the buildings, in which they had flourished for nearly half a century, are said to have been converted into recep- tacles for fruit and other eatables. - ec J oddiges dell No. 874. ERICA ALOPECUROIDES. Class. Order, OCTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. A native of the Cape of Good Hope. We raised it from seeds about the year 1817. Itis alow, bushy growing plant, and pro- duces its flowers in plenty during the au- tumnal months. It may be propagated by cuttings, and must be potted in sandy peat earth, and preserved in an airy greenhouse. Trillium sessile, No. 875. TRILLIUM SESSILE. Class. Order. HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. This singular plant is a native of North America, growing from Pennsylvania to Carolina. Elliott, in his excellent botany of South Carolina and Georgia, observes, that it grows on rich high lands, and is the only species that is found near the sea coast. ger a a pe = it zn with a „ crown ed 3 with three leaves, in the contre of which the flower is closely seated: it is produced in April and May: the stalks decay early. It does increase by offsets, but not freely ; and thrives in peat earth, and much better in the full ground than ina pot. It is quite hardy. VOL. IX. AA Gloddiges datt Epacris purpurascens rubra. No, 876. EPACRIS PURPURASCENS rubra. Class. Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This is a very pleasing variety of the Epacris purpurascens, which has been intro- duced a few years since. In its general growth it is more robust than the original kind, and the flowers are much more coloured. It is a native of New South Wales, and must be preserved in the greenhouse, with a plentiful allowance of air at all seasons : it may be increased by cuttings, and should be potted in sandy peat earth. 4 " m Ag KX Li REI — es zez, Bryophyllum calycinum. No. 877. BRYOPHYLLUM CALYCINUM. Class. Order, OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. This is a native of the Moluccas and of the Isle of France, where it was found by Sonnerat. It grows about four feet high, and flowers in a large terminal panicle. The whole plant possesses curious proper- ties: the calyx, which has the appearance of a small open bladder, is produced first, and the corolla grows out of it a consider- able time afterwards: the leaves have the power of producing young plants from the notches at their edges, and this power is not destroyed or lost by cutting or breaking them into pieces. It requires the stove, and should be potted in rich loam. Our late friend, Dr. Heyne, detected another remarkable property in the leaves ; they have a sour taste, resembling sorrel, in the morning, while in the middle of the day they become tasteless, and somewhat bitter towards evening. This change is ascribed by him to the absorption of oxygen during the night, which is again disengaged by the light of day*. It is a subject deserving of further investigation, and one in which the research cannot fail to afford much pleasure ; this is indeed the case in all en- quiries into the wonderful works of God, when carried on with a feeling of reverence to their Divine Author: He seems to have ordained that they shall thus afford real delight to those who examine them with the view of glorifying Him. * Linn. Transactions, vol. xi. 213, Zieria lanceolata. No. 878. ZIERIA LANCEOLATA. Class. Order. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Native of New out Wales; it was in- troduced in 1803. This genus was named by Sir James Smith in memory of Mr. John Zier, a learned and industrious German botanist who died about the year 1796. Sir J. in Reess Cyclopedia, following Mr. Brown, justifies the exchanging the usual name of Smithii for lanceolata, as being more expressive. It is a neat shrub, growing very bushy, and flowering during the spring and sum- mer. It may be propagated with facility by cuttings, which should be potted in a mixture of loam and peat earth, and pre- served in a greenhouse in the winter. Hibbertia grossularuefolia No. 879. HIBBERTIA GROSSULARIÆFOLIA. Class, Order. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. This is a native of New Holland: it was first detected near King George’s Sound by Mr. Brown, through whose discoveries M. Decandolle has been enabled to publish, in his System, descriptions of nineteen species; of which number three only have subject. It is a climbing, or rather, a kind of trailing plant, with shrubby stalks: the flowers being of a most brilliant yellow, form a striking contrast to the dark green leaves. It may be increased by cuttings, and should be potted in peat earth and loam. Its flowering season is continued for a long time from the beginning of the spring. VOL. 1X. Grevillea sericea. No. 880. GREVILLEA SERICEA. Class. Order. TETRAN DRIA MONOGYNIA. A native of New South Wales: it was among some of the first plants which were introduced from that vast country. It is a very desirable plant for the greenhouse, which it adorns during the greater part of the year. In growth it is slender, and not very lofty: the branches are pendulous, and, as well as the under part of the leaves, que t may be increased by cuttings, and Pei be potted in sandy peat soil, and nn watered, especially during the season. Lychnis suecica. No. 88). LYCHNIS SUECICA, Class, Order, DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 40000099908 We received seeds of this plant in the year 1822, from Mr. Carstròm, of Stock- holm, under the name of Lychnis alpina, from which it differs considerably. stem is round, and nearly a foot in height, and the flowers grow in loose forked bunches: the petals are cloven, and are scarcely the length of the calyx. The root seems to be perennial : it is of course quite hardy, and very ornamental during the months of May and June. It thrives very well in a pot in light loam, and may be increased by separating the roots, or by seeds. E VOL. IX. No. 832. ERICA FLAVA. Class. Order. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. We raised this elegant species about the year 1811, from seeds received from the Cape of Good Hope, of which it is a native. It is upright in its growth, with fiexible branches, and flowers during the autumnal months. It requires an airy place in the greenhouse, and may be increased slowly by cuttings: the soil should be sandy peat. Orobus coccineus. "Ber: des No. 883. OROBUS COCCINEUS. Class. Order. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. This is a very pretty dwarf species; the leaves are in pairs, and the stalks do not rise quite a foot in height: the flowers are axillary and single, usually not more than two on each stalk. It is a hardy herbaceous piant, the native country of which we are not acquainted with. It flowers in the months of April and May, and seems inclined to ripen its seeds with us, by which we hope to be able to increase it: it thrives in light loamy soil. acustris. L Boys dell No. 884. RIBES LACUSTRIS. Class. Order. : PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. This is a native of North America, grow- ing in swamps on the mountains from Canada to Virginia. It is a low bushy shrub, and fiowers with us in the month of May, but has not yet produced ripe fruit : this, according to Pursh, is amber coloured or brown. It is perfectly hardy, and may be increased by łayers, which will grow in any good soil. % m v Azalea No. 885. AZALEA SINENSIS. Class, Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. We received this splendid plant in 1823, from China: it flowered in the month of May last. The blossoms are inodorous; they are exceedingly large, and more of the Rhododendron shape than the Azalea pon- tica, to which it has no resemblance except in colour. It is deciduous, and we have little doubt e » — — = our — of China. We have not yet multiplied it, but expect that it will inerease by layers and cuttings. It has hitherto been in the greenhouse, and potted in peat and loam. The vast empire of China abounds in plants of unknown beauty, as in fact does every part of the globe: new discoveries are daily making, yet immense fields remain unexplored, so that there will always be enough of our blessed Creator’s works to excite our feeble powers to admiration and VOL. IX. DD gratitude. And if it be so in this short and imperfect life, how much more may we expect in the ineffably glorious realms of immortalit se “ Great nature then thro’ all her different works RIES Shan be no more the same ! a brighter scene and paradise in all its charms Renewed, but far = bina à o improved, fit for m ho ghty um. And Shall give the PS oa vision = His fa ed, and smiling with eternal lover GZoddigny dei No, 886. PRIMULA INTEGRIFOLIA. Class, Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. A native of the Austrian Alps: we first 2 A A Pra Es 11 LE A Baron Sigismund von Zois, of Laybach, in the year 1792, since which time we have had it in constant cultivation. It is a ade little plant, flowering in April, but not freely : it increases by should be potted in light loam, und kept out of doors all the year without shelter. Lehmann, in his monograph on this beautiful genus, has figured a remarkable variety, or rather another species, with toothed leaves. Our plant has rarely any vestige of teeth; it does not often produce more than three flowers, although the above-named author mentions that by cultivation it sometimes bears eight or nine. Ghodiliges da Epidendrum anceps. No. 887. EPIDENDRUM ANCEPS. Class, Order, GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. We received this plant from St. Vincent in 1822; it has flowered, and produced seeds with us repeatedly, but we have seldom been able to detect the blossoms in an open state. In eyery ar it seems to agree with E. anceps of Jacquin, Amer. 138, who describes it as being parasitical on trees, and growing to half a foot, or a little more, in height, m a compressed stalk a lateral spadix : this arises from his spe- cimen being a second spadix, produced out of the remains of a former one, a circum- stance not at all uncommon in many of the Epidendrums. It may be cultivated like the other species in a vegetable earth, and may occasionally be separated for increase, con- stantly preserving it in the stove. Aquilegia canadensis. No. 888. AQUI LEGIA CANADENSIS, Class. Order, POLYANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Native of North America: Pursh describes it as growing in crevices of rocks, from Canada to Carolina. It was known to Parkinson, who has represented it in his Theatrum, p. 1367, and says that it was brought from Virginia by Tradescant, and that it flowered a month earlier than any of the garden kinds. Our plants flowered in May. It is a hardy perennial. It blossoms We pbi ds if — a = from y pl evails ja the ng months. It may be increased by seeds, which are often perfected in this country, or the roots will admit. of occasional division : the soil should be light loam. Asarum canadense. No. 889, ASARUM CANADENSE. a Class, Order, ` DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. A native of North America, growing in shady situations from Canada to Carolina. The roots are aromatic, and in some places are called wild ginger. The flowers are curiously formed; with us they come out in May: the stems are short, lying on the ground. It is a hardy herbaceous plant, increasing readily by dividing the roots, and should be planted in light loam. VOL. IX, EE + Gnidia imbricata, Boys del? No, 890. GNIDIA IMBRICATA. Classe Order, OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it has lately been introduced: it is a rapid, but weakly growing plant, and probably not very long lived: the flowers, as well as leaves and branches, are villose. The young shoots, which are somewhat pendulous, produce flowers in fours at their ends : their season is in May and June. It must be kept in the greenhouse, and may be increased by cuttings. The soil should be sandy loam, with a sparing supply of water. Thalietrum petaloideum. EC IR: No. 891. THALICTRUM PETALOIDEUM. Class, Order. POLYANDRIA POL YGYNIA. This is a native of the mountains of Dahuria, and other distant parts of the Russian Empire: we raised it from seeds received in 1804 from Mr. Stephan, of Moscow. Like the rest of this numerous genus, it foot in height. It flowers in May and June, and may be increased by separating the roots. ‘VOL. IX. Cytisus purpureus. No. 892, CYTISUS PURPUREUS. Class. Order, DIA DELPHIA DECANDEIA. A native of Carniola: we received it from our valued friend Baron Von Zois, in 1792. It is a beautiful hardy shrub, of low bushy growth, and flowers in the months of May and June, when it is a pleasing ornament to a garden. It flourishes in any good soil, and frequently bears seeds: it may also be increased by layers and cuttings. Erica stellata. No. 895. ERICA STELLATA. Class, Order. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Thìs is a bushy thick growing species, having woolly leaves and small flowers ‘in a spreading form like the points of a star: it blooms during the spring months, and requires the airy green- house; should be potted in sandy peat, and may be increased by cuttings. It isa native of the Cape, aud was introduced country and the res for the introduction, preservation, and diffusion of more plants, than to any one who ever lived. Unequalled in talent and i energy of mind, his ardour for the ion of which he was such a distin- 0 the progress of a mortal disease. It may his removal has left a truly be said that void which the friends of botany may look around, but must look in vain, for any one to fill up. — — How often do similar events remind us all, that the time appointed for each is silenth y, but not the less inevitably, drawing towards its, close! Here, indeed, we have no continuing city: Oh that we might, all have. Grace to labour therefore, to enter into. that rest which remaineth for the Ak of God. Nerinm coccineum. No. 894, NERIUM COCCINEUM. Class. Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. estes w. Wallich, of the Caleutta garden, an esta- blishment which, under a liberal system of management, may become an invaluable benefit to India, and to the world. A botanical garden, while it is conducted upon judicious and diffusive principles, is capable but if it once degenerates into a mere place of close confinement for plants, it sinks forthwith into an object of universal deri- sion and contempt. Our present subject flowered in June 1824: it is extremely beautiful. By the Hortus Bengalensis of Dr. Carey, Silhet, and noted as flowering in April and With us it requires the stove, and will probably increase by cuttings : the soil should be loam and peat. pubescens. rpripedium Cy No, 895, i CYPRIPEDIUM PUBESCENS. Class. Order. GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. This elegant plant is a native of North America, and, according to Dr. Barton, who has figured it iz his Flora, it grows on the sides of stony kills, that are covered with underwood and smal) trees, which admit the sun through their leaves and branches to the ground, and is found from Delaware to Canada, becoming more frequent towards the north. It flowers with us in May, and is a most delicate and curious plant: it is cultivated with difficulty in soil composed of sandy peat, decayed sawdust, and loam, in equal portions. 1t is perennial, and requires no protection from the cold of winter. VOL. IX, EC SE. ze N 686. EM 1 v ^y À m E tr y 2 C i Io" * : El ; "re . | ; CARI a EC f ; F | i ; È tt No. 896. DIANTHUS PUNCTATUS. Class, order. DECANDRIA TRIGY NIA. We received this little plant from our friend Mr. Shepherd, of Liverpool: we believe he obtained it from Russian seeds. It is perennial, and hardy, flowering in the beginning of the summer: it may be in- creased by cuttings, and thrives in any light soil. eee RE ee SS eC Fedt No. 897. LUPINUS NOOTKATENSIS, Class. Order. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. A native of the North West coast of America, and, according to the Kew cata- logue, was introduced in 1794. It is a hardy perennial, of great beauty and easy culture, flowering in the summer months, and thriving equally well in a pot or in the ground in any soil. It may be increased by seeds, which generally ripen here. Pas. ‘ US Sn oet * dis TEO, 4 UFC DD de EM. Y speciosa. Monsonia a hi à ves LB No. 898. MONSON TA SPECIOSA. Class. Order. MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. This genus was named in memory of Lady Anne Monson, whose taste in botany and other branches of natural ge) has been much celebrated. It is a pleasing plant, which flowers in the spring, and is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. It requires to be kept in a warm part of the greenhouse, and may be increased by cuttings of the root: they should be potted in sandy peat and loam. Erysimum lanceclatum mir tas. No. 899, ERYSIMUM LANCEOLATUM minus. ay Class. Order. TETRADYNAMIA —SILIQUOSA. Native of Switzerland and other Alpine countries, growing upon rocks. It seems more than biennial, and by often separating its roots, may probably be continued. The flowers are produced in the month of May : they are shewy, growing about six inches in height, and are very fragrant. It is quite hardy, and may be kept in a pot in light Joam. The seeds have not been pertected with us. VOL. IX, HH Anemone pratensis, i No. 900, . ANEMONE PRATENSIS. a Class. Order. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. This is a native a the Northern parts of Europe, growing in dry meadows. as pendulous blossoms, of a some- what dingy hue, which appear in the months of April and May. It may be planted in light loam. INDEX TO VOL. IX. EDITI : No. Acacia hispidula - - - Rough-leaved Acacia - 823 " on... pe cr va - D 4. box-leaved år - 862 S. 8 : ; Bryophhyluum - - 877 cuneifolia + - - -leaved Calotis 825 Chelone obliqua- - - - a «im. DES comaurea - 4 ms „e Coreopsis x = ar-icave Cotyledon coccineum - - let Cotyledon - - Croton pi Painted — - - 870 Cunonia . + = + Cape Cunonia . = Cuphea üfora - - - Many-flowered Cuphea Cypripediam pu - yellow ies” Cytisus purpureus - - - P Cytisus - - - 802 Dianthus punctatus- - - Dotted — le Pink = Diosma capitata - - - - - Pale purple Diosma rubra. - - - - « - Red K m erit? - - - + + - 876 77 6. V INDEX TO VOL. IX. No. Erica alopecuroides - - -tail heath + 874 + „arbuscula- - - Ec cn p miM - 843 „ ies do. - - - - 842 . » cerma - - - xen add u „eż e - » ng-fioti - 4 . tes. - - = Black-antheréd do. 86 ee = a ds +» . rupestris- - - - a z 1 : stellata - + - - Starry-flowered- do. - 803 minus - - - + - Dwarf-hedge Mustard 899 | - - - Herbaceous coral-tree 851 - - - African Eulophia - - 818 Garcinia mangostana - - Mangosteen - - - - 845 Gentiana saponaria- - - n= a ag mg — Ber tian - 815 Gnidia imbricata - - - ImbricatedGnidia - - 890 Gomesa tenaiflora = - - Blender. wird Go- Ebr c A - 806 See va redGrevillea 857 - ec » linearis alba: € Whitetincurloaved do. = +» + «sericea - - - Silky-leaved do. - i — - - Tall Hedychium ~ sa 850 E ee phis: 4 da = le T. one Snow-flake -8 Lupinus nootkatensis - Nootka Lupine - = 807 Lychnis suecica + - edi, Lychnis - - 881 Magnolia grandifiora + - x — ita rate ashe ruere EE: Melastoma villosa - - - Fillous Me 853 È ” ^ INDEX TO VOL. IX. No. ET jection - - She * - 808 — parvifolium - Small and "nac à - - 837 Neottia speciosa- - - - Shewy Neottia - - - 838 Nerium coccineum- - - Scarlet Nerium- - - 894 Orobus coccineus - - - "Scarlet Vetch- - - - 883 Oxalis cuprea a Copper-co cures wood- el - T 894 Pancratium fragrans - - Fragrant Pancratium 834 : e e „ + pediale - = Long-flowered do. 899 Phylica buxitolia — . - 838 + + 4. +» rosmarimifi Rosemary-leaved do. 849. Phyllanthus - a maculosnm + ~ < ed Pepper - - - 861 aa» pi pati: thipsalis cassutha - - Mq en ar regal - 865 s lacustris - - - - Lake Currant . - 884 —— - - - Three-lobed Rudbeckia 817 biro We dá - Jamaica Ve s rvain - - 820 Stapelia anguinea - . - 5, — I» Waco «GR S orbienlaris = > Orbe lar a wę x co Stenochylus 3 - ira ER i ; Talinum teretifolium - - Slender Talinum 819 - - 819 Tong rera petaloidenm - Petalled zum . - 891 Thuja ata Gum San - Trillium sessile - - - . Dark. ber bu - 75 Viburnum rugosum = - Rough Viburnum . 859 Zieria lanceolata . > - Smiths Zur. - - gre.